Advocacy & Writing
Joe in Print
For more than a decade, Joe has written about Inglewood Unified and California education, pressing for accountability, local control and better outcomes for students.
Op-Eds & Stories
Inglewood Unified School District
8 pieces- Who Cares about Inglewood’s Public Schools?
- Who Are You To Tell Me To Cease And Desist From Advocating For Better Inglewood Schools?
- Time to be concerned about how the Los Angeles County Office of Education is running Inglewood Schools
- After 10 Years, It’s Time to Return Control of Inglewood Schools to the Community
- Opinion: Inglewood Unified’s Response to School Closing Inquiry Is Another Bad Decision
- Inglewood Unified School District: The Canary in the Coal Mine
- McKinnor wants state aid for Inglewood school district
- Legislators must return local control to Inglewood schools
By Joe W. Bowers Jr.
Selected Education Stories
18 pieces- Dashboard shows deep gaps for California’s Black students
- Black educators discuss education equity ahead of school re-opening this fall
- Commentary: Teachers hesitant to return to classes have led to safer school reopening plans
- Voting yes on Prop 16 may help close K-12 Black student achievement gap
- How the coronavirus crisis is forcing school districts to bridge the digital divide
- Newsom’s Plan for New State Education Commissioner Draws Support, Raises Questions About Student Achievement
- Newsom Pushes Fiscally Stable, Education-Focused May Revise as Critics Raise Concerns
- Dashboard Shows Deep Gaps for California’s Black Students—Educators See a Path Forward
- Gov. Gavin Newsom Breaks Record With Tens-of-Billions Spending Plan for Public Schools and Community Colleges
- Commentary: Why the Debate Between Advocates and Gov. Newsom Over Black Student Funding Is Heating Up
- Opinion: “Reclaiming My Time”
- Is Proposition 209 in the Way of Newsom’s Effort to Close the African American Student Achievement Gap?
- Black Kids Deserve Great Schools, Too
- Can These Powerful Black Leaders Join Forces to Close the Achievement Gap for Black Children?
- State education plans may be tone deaf to Black parents
- Commentary – A Cautionary Tale for Cash-Strapped CA School Districts: Vallejo City Unified Pays Off $60M Loan
- Top Calif. Educators Join Counterparts in D.C. to Measure Progress 70 Years After Brown v. Board Decision
- By 2026, Cal Education Chief Wants Every Third Grader to Know How to Read
Initiated by the Education Equity Coalition
State Audit of Inglewood Unified
Recommendations for the Legislature From Audits Issued During 2014 and 2015
Getting Involved
Inglewood Unified School District Participation
- Yes on Measure GG Campaign CommitteeA $90 million school improvement bond that passed with 88.9% of the vote.
- Inglewood Unified Budget Advisory Committee
- IUSD Chief Academic Officer Dr. Lucas Advisory BoardSchool closings
- LCAP Educational Partners CommitteeLocal Control and Accountability Plan